Celebi Aviation has signed a five-year strategic ground handling agreement with Wizz Air at Vienna International Airport in Austria.

Wizz Air is starting their operations with one aircraft in Vienna, and will gradually increase the number of aircraft it bases there. The airline is set to operate 4,500 flights annually next year from Vienna.

The carrier’s first flight was handled successfully on 27 April by the Celebi team in Vienna.

The ground handler said: “The ground handling agreement between Celebi and Wizz Air is a very significant development for the company as Wizz Air is one of the key players in low-cost airlines market and it provided a great momentum in the ground handling market at Vienna.”